Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot in broad daylight in Handlova on May 15.
Robert Fico was captured on video leaving a government meeting around noon and falling to the ground after three bullets hit his arm and abdomen.
According to the local media source Dennikn, The Prime Minister is conscious and speaking, but is undergoing surgery. The government issued a statement noting that Fico's life is “in danger” as he is “torn between life and death.”
Local authorities have identified the attacker as Juraj Cintula, a 71-year-old writer and member of the Association of Slovak Writers, who carried the gun legally.
The shooting was an apparent assassination attempt on the populist prime minister, causing a wave of utter shock around the world.
“For the first time in the 31 years of our democratic sovereign republic, someone has decided to express a political opinion, not during elections, but with a gun on the street,” he wrote. SlovakiaInterior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok on social media.
“A physical attack on the prime minister is first and foremost an attack on a human being, but it is also an attack on democracy,” said Zuzana Čaputová, Slovakia's fifth prime minister.
After winning the general election last September, Robert Fico faced widespread criticism, alleging by the public to be pro-Russian.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said of the attack: “There can be no justification for this monstrous crime.”
The Prime Minister is now undergoing surgery and it remains unclear whether he will recover.
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